#Latest news with #StevenMackinnonYahoo26-05-2025PoliticsYahooNewsroom Ready: NDP request for official party status deniedLiberal House leader Steven Mackinnon says the Parliament of Canada Act requires a party to have 12 seats to be granted official party status and that requirement won't be waived for the NDP, which only won seven seats in the last election. Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says even with only seven seats the party holds the balance of power in the minority Parliament and should have the tools it needs to fulfil that function.(May 26, 2025)
Yahoo26-05-2025PoliticsYahooNewsroom Ready: NDP request for official party status deniedLiberal House leader Steven Mackinnon says the Parliament of Canada Act requires a party to have 12 seats to be granted official party status and that requirement won't be waived for the NDP, which only won seven seats in the last election. Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says even with only seven seats the party holds the balance of power in the minority Parliament and should have the tools it needs to fulfil that function.(May 26, 2025)
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